Franklin D. Roosevelt

76th U. S. Congress - Session 3

President pro tempore of the Senate

Key Pittman of Nevada

William H. King of Utah

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Sam Rayburn of Texas

Elbert Williams murdered Browsnville Texas June 22 1940

Jesse Thornton murdered Luverne Alabama June 28 1940

O'Dee Henderson murdered Fairfield Alabama May 9 1940

Austin Callaway lynched LaGrange Georgia September 8 1940

President of the United States

Franklin D. Roosevelt

76th U. S. Congress - Session 3

President pro tempore of the Senate

Key Pittman of Nevada

William H. King of Utah

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Sam Rayburn of Texas

77th U. S. Congress - Session 1

President pro tempore of the Senate

Pat Harrison of Mississippi

Carter Glass of Virginia

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Sam Rayburn of Texas

Name Death Place State Month Year

Robert Melker murdered Cherryville No. Carolina April 13 1941

Bruce Tisdale murdered Andrews So. Carolina February 20-25 1941

A.C. Williams murdered Quincy Florida May 13 1941

Robert Sapp murdered Blakely Georgia May 6 1941

President of the United States

Franklin D. Roosevelt

77th U. S. Congress - Session 1

President pro tempore of the Senate

Pat Harrison of Mississippi

Carter Glass of Virginia

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Sam Rayburn of Texas

77th U. S. Congress - Session 2

President pro tempore of the Senate

Carter Glass of Virginia

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Sam Rayburn of Texas

Name Death Place State Month Year

Cleo Wright lynched Sikeston Missouri Janaury 25 1942

Willie Vinson lynched Texarkana Texas July 13 1942

J. E. Person lynched Paris Illinois October 1942

2 unidentified black boys

(14 years old) lynched Shubuta Mississippi October 12 1942

Howard Wash lynched Laurel Mississippi October 17 1942

President of the United States

Franklin D. Roosevelt

78th U. S. Congress - Session 1

President pro tempore of the Senate

Carter Glass of Virginia

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Sam Rayburn of Texas

Name Death Place State Month Year

5 unidentified blacks murdered Harlem NYC New York August 2 1943

Robert Hall lynched Newton Georgia January 30 1943

Cellos Harrison lynched Marianna Florida June 16 1943

25 unidentified blacks murdered Detroit Michigan June 20-21 1943

President of the United States

Franklin D. Roosevelt

78th U. S. Congress - Session 2

President pro tempore of the Senate

Carter Glass of Virginia

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Sam Rayburn of Texas

Name Death Place State Month Year

Rev. Isaac Simmons lynched Amite Co Mississippi March 26 1944

J. T. Scales lynched Pikesville Tennessee November 23 1944

President of the United States

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Harry S. Truman

79th U. S. Congress - Session 1

President pro tempore of the Senate

Kenneth McKellar of Tennessee

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Sam Rayburn of Texas

Name Death Place State Month Year

Porter Turner murdered De Kalb Co Georgia August 1945

President of the United States

Harry S. Truman

79th U. S. Congress - Session 2

President pro tempore of the Senate

Kenneth McKellar of Tennessee

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Sam Rayburn of Texas

Name Death Place State Month Year

James Walker murdered Elko So. Carolina August 12 1946

John Jones lynched Minden Louisiana August 6 1946

2 unidentified blacks murdered Columbia Tennessee February 28 1946

Leon McTatie lynched Lexington Mississippi July 22 1946

Roger Malcolm murdered Monroe Georgia July 26 1946

Mrs. Roger Malcolm murdered Monroe Georgia July 26 1946

George Dorsey murdered Monroe Georgia July 26 1946

Mrs. George Dorsey murdered Monroe Georgia July 26 1946

President of the United States

Harry S. Truman

80th U. S. Congress - Session 1

President pro tempore of the Senate

Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Joseph W. Martin Jr. of Massachusetts

Name Death Place State Month Year

Willie Earle lynched Pickens No. Carolina February 17 1947

13 blacks lynched report Tuskegee Inst  Jan-June 1947

President of the United States

Harry S. Truman

80th U. S. Congress - Session 2

President pro tempore of the Senate

Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Joseph W. Martin Jr. of Massachusetts

Name Death Place State Month Year

Robert Mallard murdered Lyons Georgia November 20 1948

Isiah Nixon murdered Alston Georgia September 8 1948

President of the United States

Harry S. Truman

81st U. S. Congress - Session 1

President pro tempore of the Senate

Kenneth McKellar of Tennessee

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Sam Rayburn of Texas

Name Death Place State Month Year

Ernest Thomas murdered Perry Florida July 26 1949

Calif Hill lynched Irwinton Georgia May 30 1949

Hollis Riles lynched Bainbridge Georgia September 3 1949

President of the United States

Harry S. Truman

81st U. S. Congress - Session 2

President pro tempore of the Senate

Kenneth McKellar of Tennessee

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Sam Rayburn of Texas

Name Death Place State Month Year

Willie Carlisle murdered Lafayette Alabama February 18 1950

Charlie Hurst murdered Pell City Alabama February 22 1950

3 children of Thomas

Harris murdered Kosciusko Mississippi January 9 1950

President of the United States

Harry S. Truman

81st U. S. Congress - Session 2

President pro tempore of the Senate

Kenneth McKellar of Tennessee

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Sam Rayburn of Texas

82nd U. S. Congress - Session 1

President pro tempore of the Senate

Kenneth McKellar of Tennessee

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Sam Rayburn of Texas

Name Death Place State Month Year

Harry Moore murdered Mims Florida December 25 1951

Mrs. Harry Moore murdered Mims Florida December 25 1951

Melvin Womack murdered Winter Garden Florida March 31 1951

Rev. Joseph Mann murdered Norfolk Virginia May 29 1951

1 unidentified black man murdered Groveland Florida November 6 1951

President of the United States

Harry S. Truman

82nd U. S. Congress - Session 2

President pro tempore of the Senate

Kenneth McKellar of Tennessee

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Sam Rayburn of Texas

No listing

President of the United States

Harry S. Truman

Dwight D. Eisenhower

83rd U. S. Congress - Session 1

President pro tempore of the Senate

Styles Bridges of New Hampshire

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Joseph W. Martin Jr. of Massachusetts

No listing

President of the United States

Dwight D. Eisenhower

83rd U. S. Congress - Session 2

President pro tempore of the Senate

Styles Bridges of New Hampshire

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Joseph W. Martin Jr. of Massachusetts

Name Death Place State Month Year

Henry Randle murdered Holmes Co Mississippi July 1954

President of the United States

Dwight D. Eisenhower

84th U. S. Congress - Session 1

President pro tempore of the Senate

Walter F. George of Georgia

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Sam Rayburn of Texas

Name Death Place State Month Year

Lamar Smith murdered Brookhaven Mississippi August 13 1955

Emmett Till lynched Money Mississippi August 28 1955

H. Bromley murdered Heathsville Virginia December 22 1955

Clinton Melton murdered Glendora Mississippi December 3 1955

H. Johnson murdered Gonzales Texas December 7 1955

Rev. George W. Lee murdered Belzoni Mississippi May 7 1955

John Reese murdered Mayflower Texas October 22 1955

President of the United States

Dwight D. Eisenhower

84th U. S. Congress - Session 2

President pro tempore of the Senate

Walter F. George of Georgia

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Sam Rayburn of Texas

Name Death Place State Month Year

Rev. L. C. Baldwin murdered Huntsville Alabama April 22 1956

Maybelle Mahone murdered Zebulon Georgia December 7 1956

Dr. Thomas Brewer murdered Columbus Georgia February 18 1956

9 members of Taplin family murdered Centerville Mississippi June 1956

Mrs. M. A. Rigdon murdered Newton Georgia October 6 1956

President of the United States

Dwight D. Eisenhower

85th U. S. Congress - Session 1

President pro tempore of the Senate

Carl Hayden of Arizona

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Sam Rayburn of Texas

Name Death Place State Month Year

O. Moore murdered Jackson Mississippi February 7 1957

Willie Edwards murdered Montgomery Alabama January 23 1957

1 unidentified black woman (wife of civil rights activist) murdered Ringgold Georgia November 1957

President of the United States

Dwight D. Eisenhower

85th U. S. Congress - Session 2

President pro tempore of the Senate

Carl Hayden of Arizona

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Sam Rayburn of Texas

Name Death Place State Month Year

James Brazier murdered Dawson Georgia April 20 1958

Woodrow Daniel murdered Yalobusha Co Mississippi May 1958

President of the United States

Dwight D. Eisenhower

86th U. S. Congress - Session 1

President pro tempore of the Senate

Carl Hayden of Arizona

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Sam Rayburn of Texas

Name Death Place State Month Year

Mack Parker lynched Poplarville Mississippi April 25 1959

William Person murdered Wake Forest No. Carolina August 24 1959

Rev. Horace Bell murdered Selma Alabama May 29 1959

Luther Jackson murdered Philadelphia Mississippi October 1959

President of the United States

Dwight D. Eisenhower

86th U. S. Congress - Session 1

President pro tempore of the Senate

Carl Hayden of Arizona

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Sam Rayburn of Texas

No listing

President of the United States

Dwight D. Eisenhower

John F. Kennedy

87th U. S. Congress - Session 1

President pro tempore of the Senate

Carl Hayden of Arizona

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Sam Rayburn of Texas

No listing

President of the United States

John F. Kennedy

87th U. S. Congress - Session 2

President pro tempore of the Senate

Carl Hayden of Arizona

Speaker of the House of Representatives

John W. McCormack of Massachusetts

1 unidentified Black Muslim  murdered Los Angeles California April 27 1962

President of the United States

John F. Kennedy

Lyndon B. Johnson

88th U. S. Congress - Session 1

President pro tempore of the Senate

Carl Hayden of Arizona

Speaker of the House of Representatives

John W. McCormack of Massachusetts

Medgar W. Evers murdered Jackson Mississippi June 12 1963

Addie Mae Collins, age 10, murdered Birmingham Alabama September 15 1963

Denise McNairm age 11, murdered Birmingham Alabama September 15 1963

Carol Robertson, age 14, murdered Birmingham Alabama September 15 1963

Johnny Robinson, age 16, murdered Birmingham Alabama September 15 1963

Virgil Ware, age 13, murdered Birmingham Alabama September 15 1963

Cynthia Wesley, age 14, murdered Birmingham Alabama September 15 1963

President of the United States

Lyndon B. Johnson

88th U. S. Congress - Session 2

President pro tempore of the Senate

Carl Hayden of Arizona

Speaker of the House of Representatives

John W. McCormack of Massachusetts

Mrs. Johnnie Mae Chappell murdered Jacksonville Florida March 23 1964

Charles E.  Moore lynched Jackson Mississippi May 2 1964

Henry Dee lynched Jackson Mississippi May 2 1964

James Earl Chaney murdered Philadelphia Mississippi June 21 1964

Lemuel Augustus Penn murdered Colbert Georgia July 11 1964

James Powell murdered New York City New York July 16 1964

Jay Jenkins murdered New York City New York July 18 1964

President of the United States

Lyndon B. Johnson

89th U. S. Congress - Session 1

President pro tempore of the Senate

Carl Hayden of Arizona

Speaker of the House of Representatives

John W. McCormack of Massachusetts

Allie W. Shelby murdered Flora Mississippi January 22 1965

Malcom X murdered New York City New York February 21 1965

Deputy O'Neal Moore murdered Bogalusa Louisiana June 2 1965

Willie Brewster murdered Anniston Alabama July 15 1965

28 unidentified blacks  murdered Los Angeles (Watts) California August 11-16 1965

Perry Small lynched Greensboro Alabama August 27 1965

Eddie Cook murdered Detroit Michigan November 7 1965